Jack Ewing

The president-elect has said he could impose tariffs as high as 200 percent on car imports from Mexico, a move that could hurt factories and workers on both sides of the border.

On a Saturday morning in December 2022, Elon Musk summoned finance executives at Twitter, which he had bought six weeks earlier, to a conference call. Then he drilled into a spreadsheet that

Log in or create a free account to listen to this article. Three of the nation's largest automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, are

President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada sent shivers Tuesday through the auto industry, which depends heavily on both countries for parts and manufacturing.

Each carmaker has its own problems, but there are some common threads. They include a tricky and expensive technological transition, political turmoil, rising protectionism and the emergence of a new class of fast-growing Chinese carmakers.

Tesla's sales of electric cars have stalled. But Wall Street doesn't seem to be worried.

Sales of the company's cars are flagging, but investors are focusing on the potential of autonomous driving and Mr. Musk's ties to President-elect Donald J. Trump.

As prices drop and technology advances, industry experts say market demand will continue driving electric vehicle adoption despite potential rollbacks of federal incentives under a Trump administration.

If President Donald Trump has his way, the auto industry's transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse.

On Monday, hours after his inauguration, Trump said he planned to impose the tariffs beginning Feb. 1. Now the question is whether he will follow through -- or what terms might keep him from doing so.